Cannot delete unknown (orphaned) vm from ESX host inventory

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Published on 2010-01-20T13:29:42Z Indexed on 2010/03/29 8:03 UTC
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Hi, I'm having problems delete an unknown (orphaned) VM from an ESX 3.5 host.

When I attempt to right click the VM I get the following error "Object reference not set to an instance of an object".

Steps taken so far. 1. Removed the host from the cluster 2. Removed the host from vCenter 3. Rebooted the host 4. Edited the file vmInventory.xml & cleared the file 5. Restarted services - mgmt-vmware restart

Can anyone think of anything else that I can do to resolve this issue?

Thanks guys.

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